asthma genetics

20 years chasing the genetic roots of asthma

Tue May 1, 2018

Noah Berger

Marquitta White, PhD (left), and Esteban G. Burchard, MD, PhD

The UCSF Asthma Collaboratory celebrates 20 years of research on genetic factors in asthma.

Asthma drug response in racially diverse children

Wed Mar 7, 2018

Sam S. Oh

Senior Author Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH

“Whole genome sequencing of pharmacogenetic drug response in racially diverse children with asthma” has been published by the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (ARJCCM).

UCSF lab sends filters to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico

Mon Nov 27, 2017

staff member holds one water filter and a thank you note.

Centro Neumologia Pediatrica, Puerto Rico

Clinic staff member at Centro Neumologia Pediatrica, Puerto Rico’s largest pediatric pulmonary clinic, expressed thanks for the delivery of 484 water filters. Each filter can clean up to 295 gallons of water per day.

Burchard Lab colleagues step up to help residents of the island get fresh water.

Black Genes Matter

Mon Mar 20, 2017

Burchard leads call for diversity in research workforce

Thu Jun 16, 2016

Noah Berger

Marquitta White (right), MS, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Burchard Lab, took on five young summer research students of diverse backgrounds, including Maria Contreras (left) and Oona Risse-Adams (center), a 16-year-old sophomore at Lowell High School in San Francisco.

The photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. hanging on the wall of the Asthma Collaboratory lab in UC San Francisco’s Rock Hall serves a reminder to all who toil there, purifying DNA samples or analyzing genetic, social or environmental data that their research is also part of a dream of equality and...

Burchard’s research highlighted in Newsweek

Tue Nov 3, 2015

Esteban Burchard, MD, MPH

Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH, has been featured in Newsweek for his work studying genetic variation in asthma among minority populations. The article, titled “The Racial Discrimination Embedded in Modern Medicine,” was published online on October 20.

The Racial Discrimination Embedded in Modern Medicine

Mon Oct 26, 2015

Burchard study finds Latino asthma risk varies with genetic ancestry

Tue Oct 7, 2014

Percentage prevalence of asthma in U.S. children

A new analysis of nearly 5,500 Latino children with and without asthma led by School scientists has found that variations in their genetic ancestry can partially explain major differences in their risk of developing the disease.

Burchard commentary calls for more diversity in biomedical research

Thu Sep 18, 2014

Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH

Authoring the lead commentary in the current special issue of Nature devoted to diversity, School faculty member Esteban Burchard, MD, MPH, asserts that the clinical and biomedical research infrastructure “needs to be retooled” to include more diverse patient populations in studies.

Major Mexican genetic study uncovers basis for health differences among Latinos

Thu Jun 12, 2014